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JOHN VOIGELI EETALLIC RAILWAYTIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Application filed November 27, 1908.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1S, 1909.

Serial No. 464,609.

` iication containing a full, clear, and 4exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming' f a part hereof.

Our invention relates to a metallic rail- `way tie rail fastener, and the particular' is to generally nnobject of our invention prove the construction of the metallic rail- Iway tie and rail fastener shown and disclosed in an application for patent tiled by us Ma i 19th, i908, Serial No. ifSSf'fi-Q.

I A further object of our invention is to provide a combined metallic railway tie and rail fastener with a key or wedge block which locks against one of the base iianges of the track rail, and which key or wedge block is provided with an ordinary slot lto receive the locking bolt, and there being a filler block integral with the washer used in connection with the bolt, and which lille' block normally occupies the slot in said key or wedge block. y

To the above purposes, our invention consists in certain novel ieatu'res of construction and arrangement otparts, which will be hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which z- Figure is a perspective view of one end of a metallic tie of our improved construe tion; Fig. 2`is a plan view o the tie and rail fastener, and showing rails in position on the tie, portions of which rails are broken. away; ig. 3 is asection takenfon the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig'. e is a section taken on the line Ll-i of Fig. 2; Fie. 5 is a perspective view ,oi' the combined washer and filler block.

`he body I of our improved tie, which is constructed of suitable metal, is in the form of an I-beain, and formed integral with the top flanges of the body, at each end thereof, are the pairs of lugs 2, which are undercut in order 'to receive one of the base langes of each rail A; and arranged directly opposite each pair or' lugs 2 is a correspendingpairV of undercut lugs i5, and between yeach pair ci last mentioned lugs is formed a slot il, one end of which is widened, as designated by 5.

Formed in the vorticalweb of the body l, immediately beneath each slot 4- is an opening 6; and formed integral with the top and bottoni iianges ci' the body l, and with the web thereof, are the vertically disposed strengthening ribs 7, which are approximately in vertical alincnient with thc ends of the lugs 2, and are thus in position directly beneath the rails A when the same are located on the tie.

lihe keys or wedge blocks used in connection with the tie comprise straight body portions 8, which are adapted to fill the space between the undercut lugs 3 and the adjacent edges of the rails A and the outer edge ci the top face of each key is formed so as to fit beneath the undercut lugs 3; and formed in each body portion S is a transversely disposed slot 9, the inner end of which is projected laterally to form a pocket l0.

Formed integral with the edge of cach body portion 8, opposite the edge which cniages beneath the lugs 3, is r. lip ill, which is so formed :is to engage over the corro sponding base flange oi' the adjawul rail Vl'hen the keys or wedge blocks are in proper position, they are locked to the tic by 'means of a bolt l2 which passes through the end oit the slot 4f and through the pocliet l0; and arranged on top of the body 8, and beneath the nut 13 on said bolt 'lil is a washer 14, with which is formed integral a filler block I5, which, when the parts are thus assembled, occupies the adjacent slot il.

When a rail is to be locked in position on a tie of our improved construction, one. oi the base flanges of said rail is fitted beneath the undercut lugs 2, after whichI one ot thc wedge blocks is inserted beneath the undercutlugs 3, with the lip 'il over the cori-csponding base flange of the rail; and said key or wedge block moved transversely rclative to the tic until tho slot 9 coincides with the slot 4. The head of the bolt is now inserted through the openingv :3, and with said head occupying' thc opening (i, thc bolt is moved through the coinciding slots -l and S) to the opposite ends thereof, and thus said bolt is brought into alincment with the pocket l0. The key or wedge block is now moved laterally, or in such a manner as that the bolt 12 occupies the pocket l0, and thus a il (l portion of the body 8 lies immediately over the central portion of the sliot 4C, after which one of the Washers is positioned over the projecting upper end of the bolt, with the filler block l5 occupying the slot 9; and When the nut 13 is tightened upon the threaded end of the bolt, the parts Will be very rigidly locked to one another and the rail is very tightly clamped to the tie.

The iller block l5 gives the key or Wedge block a neat and nished appearance, prevents the slot 9 from becoming lled with dirt or other foreign substance and eiectually prevents the accidental displacement of the bolt l2 While the device is in use.

The body l of the tie is preferably cast, and by'providing the flanges or ribs 7, the

-tie is strengthened immediately beneath the point occupied by the rails A, and when the tie is embedded in the ground, said ribs or flanges prevent said tie from shifting laterally of the track.

l. A metallic railway tie and rail rfastener, comprising a body of I-beam form in cross section, pairs of oppositely arranged lugs integral with the vtop ofrsaid body, certain of which lugsr'eceive one of the base` iianges of the track rails, a vkey arranged between each rail and the opposite 'pair of lugs of each set, there being a transverse slot formed in each key, there being a slot formed in the top of the body of the tie between the second mentioned pair of each set of lugs,

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a bolt passing through the slot-s in the tie and key, a Washer for said bolt, and a filler block integral with the Washer and adapted to occupy the slot in the corresponding key.

2. In a metallic railway tie and rail fastener, a slotted key adapted to be locked to the tie and to' engage one of the base flanges of the track rail, a filler block normally occupying the slot in the key, and a Washer integral with the filler block, and which Washer is arranged on the bolt Which fastens the key to the tie.

A metallic railway tie and rail fas tener, comprising a body, pairs of oppositely disposed -lugs formed integral With the to'pA of said body, one of Which pairs of lugs is adapted to receive one of the base ianges of the track rail, a slotted key engaging the opposite base iiange of the rail and engaging beneath the opposite pair of lugs, a bolt passing through the slot in .the key for se curing the same to the body, a filler block normally occupying the slot in the key, a Washer integral with the liller block for engaging upon the bolt Which fastens the key to the body of the` tien ln testimony Whereoif,'we have signed our names to this specification, in presence of tWosubscribing Witnesses,

JQHN VEGEL. JUL-EUS RSENBERQ ilitnesses:V

M. l). SMITH, EKL. VIALLACE. 

